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APPLICATION FILED DBO.11, 1911.

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SBEDER.

APPLICATION FILED 11110.11. 1911.

Patented Mar. 4, 1913.

OTTO H. REICH, OF GREENACRES, WASHINGTON.

SEEDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 11, 1911.

Patented Mar. 4, 1913.

Serial No. 665,090.

To all who/m. t may concern Be it known that I, O'r'ro H. REICH, acitizen of the United States, residing at Greenaeres, in the county ofSpokane and State of lVashington, have invented certain new and usefulImprovement-s in Seeders; and'I do hereby7 declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to seeders and has for an object to provide adevice for depositing at predetermined intervals a predeterminedquantity of seed and with improved mechanism for producing such effect.

A further object of the invention is to providea hopper with a rodvertically slidable within such hopper embodying within its ends anadjustable cup for lift-ing seed from out a seed mass contained in thehopper.

A further object of the invention is to provide a seeder embodying ahopper and vertical sliding rod having a seed cup in its end andimproved means for discharging the contents of the seed cup when raisedto its upper limit.

lVith these and other objects in View the invention comprises certainnovel constructions, combinations and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a view of the improved seeder in endelevation. Fig. 2 is a View of the improved seeder in rear elevation.Fig. 3 is a sectional detail view showing the hopper wit-h the seedlifting rod raised nearly to its upward limit. Fig. 4 is a view inelevation of the hopper and lifting rod with the rod lifted to itsextreme limit. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail view of the end of thelifting rod showing the seed cup. Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional Viewof the lower end of the lifting rod. Fig. 7 is an enlarged detailelevation of the lower end of the lifting rod.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views.

The present invention embodies a frame 10 supported upon traction wheels11, which said traction wheels are carried upon a shaft 12 journaledupon the frame'lO. Erected upon the frame 10 are a plurality of uprights13 supporting an upper frame lil which carries thereon a plurality ofhoppers 15. The hoppers 15 areeach provided with a guide frame 1Grigidly connected thereto and extending downwardly therefrom toward butstopping short of the frame 10. The guide frame 1G is provided with anupper sleeve 17 and a lower sleeve 1S and a pipe 19 is mounted toreciprocate within suoli sleeves. To produce such reciprocatory motionof the pipe 19 a shaft. 20 is journaled upon the frame l() andintergeared with the shaft 12 by a pinion 2l and a spur-gear 22. Toprovide change of speed of rotation of the shaft 90 other gears :23 areslidably mounted upon the shaft 2O with other pinions 211 rigidlymounted upon the shaft 12 but such gears are not all used at the sametime. The shaft 20 is provided with crank arms 25 to each of which areattached links 2G which are in turn pivoted as at Q7 to the pipe 19 sothat as the shaft 20 rotates the crank arms 25 through the medium of thelinks 26 causes the reciprocation of the pipe 19 within the sleeves 1Tand 1S.

The projection of the pipe 19 is such that at the lowest limit of itsn'iovement it is substantially at the bottom of the hopper 15 and whileat its upper limit extends'upward through the discharge spout 28, whichsaid discharge spout 2S conununicates through a flexible hose orcoupling 29 with a shoe 30. The shoe 30 is carried upon a spring arm 31which is rigidly connected with a shaft 32 controlled by a lever 33 toregulate the depth that the shoe 30 will be inserted in the ground.l/Vithin the pipe 19 a rod 34 is mounted, said rod traveling normallywith the pipe and so proportioned as to form a cup indicated at 35 inthe upper end of the pipe 19 as shown in enlarged detail at Fig. 5.

At its lower end the rod 34 connect's by a screw connection 3G with thestub shaft 37 which carries a roller 38 at its lower end in position tohe engaged by a shoe 39 carried b v the crank arm The relation of theparts is such that when the shoe 39 engages the roller 3S the stub shaft37 and its connected rod 34 are lifted within the pipe 19 to dischargefrom the cup 35 the material contained therein.

To limit the movement of the parts and regulate the size of the cup thepipe 19 is provided with slots l.t0 and the rod 34 with a pin 11 whichslides within such slots. The stub shaft 37 is also provided with a pin4t2 removable therefrom and also sliding in the slots so that byremoving such pin 42 and rotating the stub shaft 37 the length of t-hepipe rod may be varied so that in normal position the upper end of theshaft 34 will be different relative to the upper end of the pipe 19 tovary the size of the cup or receptacle at the top. It will be observedthat the lift of the rod will always be the same as at its lowest pointof move-V ment the pin 4Q is always in engagement with the lower end ofthe slot t() and the lift provided by the shoe 39 is always the same.

In operation the hoppers 15 are provided with seed as may be requiredand the seeder driven over the ground to be seeded. The movement of theseeder will cause the pipe 19 to reciprocate as described and at eachlift seed will be taken from the bottom of the hopper in the cup 35 andcarried upward into the spout 28 atwhich point the shoe 39 willengage'the roller 38 to raise the rod and discharge the seed from thecup into such hopper from which it passes by gravity through thecoupling 29 to the shoe 30 to be deposited in the earth in the openingproduced by such shoe.

I claim:

Y1. In a seeder, a frame, a hopper mounted upon the frame, a tubeadapted to be reciprocated vertically within the hopper, a rod mountedwithin the tube and movable relative thereto and normally stopping shortof the upper end of the tube, an engaging member carried upon the lowerend of the rod, a crank shaft, a crank carried by the shaft, a linkconnecting the crank with and to reciprocate the tube, and a shoecarried by the crank adapted to engage the engaging member and lift therod.

2. In a seeder, a wheeled frame, a hopper mounted upon the frame, barsextending below the hopper, sleeves carried by the bars, a pipevertically slidable within the sleeves and within the hopper, a rodslidably mounted within the tube and normally stopping 'short of theupper end of such tube, a crank connected with the wheels and adapted-to rotate, a link connected with the crank and adapted to reciprocatethe tube vertically, a contact member carried at the lower end of therod and extending below the tube, and a shoe carried by the crankadapted to engage the contact member and lift the rod relative to thetube.

3. In a seeder, a hopper, a tube adapted to reciprocate within thehopper, a rod mounted within the tube and normally stopping short of theupper end of the tube said tube being provided adjacent its lower endwith oppositely disposed slots, a pin inserted through the rod andreciprocating within the slots, a rod section connected with the rod andadapted for longitudinal variation, and a second pin carried by the rodsection and moving in the said slots, whereby the rod and rod sectionsare held in fixed relation.

In testimony whereof I ailiX my signature in` presence of two witnesses.

OTTO H. REICH.

Vitnesses H. E. SMITH, E. J. SGHULZE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of ,Patents, Washington, D. C.

